Canadian Pacific chords by George Hamilton IV

Chords with lyrics

Canadian Pacific:George Hamilton IV.
25 on BB
Hot Country on RCA Records in 1969.


INTRO: FF Bb majorBb G minorGm C majorC
    (Canadian Pacific)

#1.
 FF              C majorC
I rode your ocean liner to Newfoundland, where I
D MajorD            A minorAm
made a livin' in an iron mine.
    Bb majorBb             C majorC
When I got my fill, I went to Nova Scotia, and I
D MajorD               C majorC
fished them salty waters for a time.

#2.
    FF                  C majorC
Passing through Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick.
    DmDm                 A minorAm
I could see them rocks and cliffs of solid stone.
     Bb majorBb               C majorC
Listenin' to the seagulls callin' to each other,
                    FF
made me miss my darlin' and my distant home.


CHORUS:
FF    G minorGm    C majorC            FF
Canadian Pacific, carry me three thousand miles,
              Bb majorBb    C majorC
through the valleys and the forests, to the sunshine
    FF
of her smile.
FF              G minorGm     C majorC
Cross the plains and rugged mountains, keep this
          FF
wanderin' boy from harm.
     Bb majorBb    C majorC          FF
Canadian Pacific, take me to my baby's arms.


#3.
FF                C majorC      D MajorD
The Atlantic disappeared on the horizon and Quebec
              C majorC
lay waitin' for me down the track.
   Bb majorBb                 C majorC
For a while I drove a truck to keep from starvin'.
  D MajorD     G+G      C majorC
In Ontario I was a lumberjack.

#4.
  FF             C majorC
Manitoba and Saskatchewan then followed.
     D MajorD                 A minorAm
Where the wheat fields and the old Red River flows.
    Bb majorBb               C majorC
In the quiet hours your whistle on the prairie,
                   FF
touched my heart and set my memories aglow.


#5.
    GbGb                 DbDb
I could feel the nearness of her warm, soft kisses,
     Eb MajorEb              DbDb
when you rolled into Alberta westward bound.
     BB             DbDb
I worked on an oil rig to make some money,
   EbmEbm      AbAb      DbDb
for a ticket to the sweetest girl around.


#6.
    GbGb               DbDb
Pushin' on past Lake Louise in all its splendour,
     EbmEbm               DbDb
where the trees and Rockies touch the sky above.
   BB            DbDb
I got to British Columbia and heaven.
DbDb                    GbGb
On your tracks I made it back to my true love.


CHORUS:
     AbmAbm   DbDb            GbGb
Canadian Pacific, carried me three thousand miles,
              BB    DbDb
through the valleys and the forests, to the sunshine
    GbGb
of her smile.
GbGb             AbmAbm    DbDb
Cross the plains and rugged mountains, you kept this
          GbGb
wanderin' boy from harm.
     BB    DbDb            GbGb
Canadian Pacific, you took me to my baby's arms.


OUTRO:
GbGb    AbmAbm   DbDb            GbGb
Canadian Pacific, carried me three thousand miles,
              BB
through the valleys and the forests..(Fade.)



A augmentedA sixties smash from Kraziekhat.